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»n<l German Catholics, in one wqjii*' than the Roinisli Church ever gained members from yours, in twenty., Yon should, therefore, rejoice, if all im migrants were Catholics; for the Pro testants arc safe at home, ami you have the means of converting all who come. But What would Mr. Wesley say to yon, if he were alive and saw you not only engaged in unchristian warfare] •gainst Catholics, but actually striking at them through the Constitution of your country 1 Suppose their religion does spread,’ with the unexampled rapi dity with which yours has, who has a- right to object ? Will you forbid men to choose their own religion ? In all the essentials of Christianity, do they not agree with you 1 Wesley thought so, and I think so.* Do they differ from you wi der in faith than your Unitarian confed erates] Have any people on earth sur passed them as sermonizers, tried by any test that yon may choose ? Bossuet, Mascaron, decider, Bourdalouc. l'citc- lon, Massilon, Ravignnn, Lacordairc. Bcuutain—these are Catholic preachers. Were they ever surpassed ? \\ ill they ever be f Will some of them ever he equalled? Has Christianity ever had abler champions than she has found in Cath olics ? As a lecturer upon the evidences of Christianity, I owe Cardinal Wiseman a debt 1 can never repay. What 1 should have done without him, in this age of scientilic infidelity, I do not know. 1 have been a pretty severe student for near forty years, anil a laborious, if not profound thinker for a long time; but when I compare myself in intellectual stature with that man, 1 shrink in my own estimation to the insignificance of a passwords; (suppose Wesley at ^your side). 1*^ * . Yon remained in the body *a short time, and then took auotliertialhfr re-af- fionin&tKe two tirsW*and t ‘ascended in regular climax of monstrosity. Another set of instructions followed. You re- ceive'd tlie first with your haiid upon the Bible; The second, with the left }ia#d on your breast,and the right raised to Heaven. TwERtird, with your left in a group of live or more formed in a circle around your country’* flag; with arms crossed on the breast, and hands grasp ed, right and left. Thus yon became a member of the midnight fraternity of high degree. All these oaths save the first, are call ed degrees, (and rightly in one sense).— A degree conferred on one’s self, by sim ple swearing \ A Methodist Preacher’s word not to lie trusted by Know Nothings without an oath! lie proves faithful to God on one side, and D£ Dr. Hond on the Other- Choose ye between them. m. B. J.ONG3TREET. •‘We can do Nothing and should Dis* band.” A ’’Know Nothing” has ^sddrcssod'a letter to the Thomasvi(||fWatchman, M hieh has^much significance in these icary” tiifrcs. It' would appear that : Noth- on yotrr breast, and the right raised to the feeling of disgust dt the the flag of ygur country. The fourth, j n „ or g an i za tig» prevails throughout the State. This writer says : " Our leaders, controlling the move ments of the various councils, having moved us in every direction and ascribed to us every sort of principle until we are befogged—at sea without compass or rudder, and with nothing to reckon from —we should ascertain where we are.— Some are opposed lo all hut American Catholics, others opposed to nllCatholics. Some in favor of a change of the natur- m\\}mx fanner, Thursday,::: September 6, 1855. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. IlERSfiiEL V. JOHNSON, Of Baldwin. Repudiating. It seems that Know Nothing duplicity and sycophancy have no bounds. They tena ciously adhered to their unconstitutional tests and oaths, until they were completely whip ped out upon them, in Virginia, North Cato lina, Tennessee, Alahamaand Texas. Since these disastrous defeats, some of their or gans have declared that they “do not com mend themselves to the popular mind and now, in Georgia, they are abandoning thbir former, organizations and coming out an open party. Atleast,thishasbeendoneinMuscogee, Chatham and Decatur counties, and we are informed that our Clarke county K. N*s. last Friday resolved to follow suit. For this, they deserve no credit. They have been forced into the measure, by the crushing weight o* public opinion, which has been growin one, and yet lie cannot be trusted with-1 alization laws, others opposed to foreign out a second, and a third! A Methodist Preacher pursuing himself unhidden into this distrustful coterie, and taking les sons in grips, signs, and pass-words, whereby he and the children of darkness are to recognize each other as “brothers” (!) at all times, and in all places; and whereby they may rally to the. support of each other, weapon in hand, in times of danger and conflict! ! The honorary titles acquired by. these degrees, Know Nuthinu and Sam! Elder Know Nothing! Deacon Sam! While you were stepping from oath to oath, and lesson to lesson, through all the solemn mockery of the Order, did mite. He will never hear of me, of i the thought never occur to you “where course, but il lie could, it would gratify the necessity of all this, to signify my him to know that away here in the wild woods of the west, where eighteen years ago, the wigwam stood, and the Indian’s council fires blazed, his lectures have reached, and Messed. Would that I were as able an advocate of the rights of his Chuach, as he is of the truths of Christianity. It is the religion of such men that you would stop the spread of, not hv expos ing its fallacies, hut by midnight plots! Where would you have been, if this mode of dealing had been adopted against your people, fifty years ago l “ But by concession all Catholics and foreigners rote under the dictation <>J the Pope." And what do you gain by that —yon who arc sworn to vote according to the dictation of any scamp who may happen to worm himself np to the dic tatorship in your lodges? 1 presume yon will admit, that a vote cast under a dictation, need not necessarily be wrong. This you must nlmit or condemn your selves. The Catholic must vote for some candidate of self or Protestant nomina tion ; and ns the Pope can have no inter est in the success of either party, it is likely that he would order an impartial vote—that which would best promote the interests of the country in which his people reside. But you cast a strictly party vote, in utter disregard of the mer its of candidates. Will your candidate opposition to Catholics and foreigners ! Aie not all to oppose them openly ’? Why must I, and those who think with me upon these matters, be skulking here in the dark, and taking solemn oaths about them ? Why swear to conceal my mem bership and that of my fellows ! NY as ever such an oath taken by a secret so ciety before ? Why this parade of de grees / What have they to do with Ca tholics ? And grips ! What have they to do with foreigners ? What all this binding together in the bonds of eternal brotherhood : simply to secure a united j vote 1 Surely there must lie something deeper and daiker in all this than I can see.” Did you go stumbling on through all t his Know Nothing flummery and pro fanity without any misgiving of con science, or ftar of consequences l You should feel alarmed at your situation ! Did you feel any uneasiness! You should have withdrawn. “Swear not at all,” says our Saviour. “Swear not at all,” says St. James.— “Swear not at all,” says your discipline in another form. “Because of swearing the land inourneth,” says Jeremiah. “Thou sl.nlt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” saitli the Deca logue. “Have as little to do as possible withoathssaithClarke. Wesley speaks at large upon this head (vol. vi. p. 10<i and on.) He deprecates the number of oppose Catholics and foreigners ? That oaths required bylaw; what would he is all yon demand of him. If he say think of this kind of swearing ? Adopt- “yca,” you support him; though he be i»g the language of Mr. Desney as his he veriest jackass that ever brayed in own, lie says: “Can there be anythin" emigration altogether. Some in favor of the Kansas bill, others virtually opposed to it. Some adopt the Georgia platform, others do not. We therefore agree upon no two points. We can consequently have no strength, nor can we command the confidence and respect of the countiy, and are growing weaker every day. Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, mid Texas, all have decided against us. What are we to do? The truth is, we can do nothing; and we, a's Know Nothings should disband. Mr. Varnadoe has no { ability to represent us. His speech yes terday was not even creditable to a schoolboy. He empliit.ca’ly knows nothing, and dcclaies himself opposed to the Kansas bill, because it allows the in habitants of the Territory to vote. He lias not mind enough to suggest any remedy against the present naturaliza tion laws. The truth is, Mr. Varnadoe satisfied me that Catholicism and the cry against foreigners was gotten up i>\ Yankee freesoil politicians, so as to di vide the South and destroy our strong*h when the issue is made to bring Kan into the Union as a State, and to make a Know Nothing i’rcsident in 1856. Mr. Varnadoe says he has not been sworn, as a Know Nothing. If this is true, we, as Know Nothings, are not bound to vote for him. The obligation is mutual, those who have been sworn I owe no obligation to him, as he has re fused to put himself upon the same foot- j ing with us. He cannot properly take any of the degrees, without taking the oaths prescribed, because he is not re quired to do and perform the same foot ing with ns. For myself I have made up niv miivl to vote for Johnson and those who act with him. Let Georgia ict with her sister .States of the South, and Congress will not he the scene of abo lition outrage. The North will not dare assail the united South. Hence we should not bo divided by those collateral questions.— Vs brethren, then, of the Know Nulli ng order, let us break up. To call our selves Americans, Southerners, Geor- ians. FOR CONGRESS, Ini Hint.—I.. Srnrar.l,of Thoman. 44 IW. J. CruTrfordiOf flnucoRi'e. 8.1 44 Jniur* ^X. Mill it 2i, of fp«ou. 4th 44 llirnni W»i*t»op,of iTforiwothrr* .“Stb 44 .Intiu il. 9iumpkin,of Floyd. 6fh 44 Bffowrll fo’i!), of C'lark. 7tii 44 Eiinfon Htcphruii. Nth 44 A. IX. Mirpht-u*, ■ iitU‘i»cutIo«if Anli-Jinow IVutlain:;. AXTI-KXOW ■VOTIIWC TICKET* FOR SENATE, DR. E. S. BILLUPS. FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WM. G DELONY, Esq., * * Hon. WM. DICKEN. The Kaleidoscope Politician. Success is pleasing to every one; but there is a higher pleasure than this can give, based on the consciousness that w$ deserve success, by acting on bold and fixed princi ples, known to the people, and like the glo rious truths of Democracy, not bending to temporary questions, but "-the same as they were in the beginning—ore now—and ever shall be.” Let us look at the contest in Clarke county, and see if we have Hot a candidate, in a po litical sense, “all things to all men,” and if such is the case, will ho receive a half-dozen votos besides those to whom he can, as their “commander,” say, "Here it your oath, vote against me, and you are perjured men.” Old Straight-breast Prim, who thinks Pro hibition and Ovorby the paramount question Public Discussion—3th Scpteiabsr. There will be a discussion of the political topics of the day, at the Town Hall, in Ath ens, on Saturday morning, the 8th of Septem ber, between C. Peeples, Esq., and \V.w. G. Delon v, Esq., candidates for the next Leg islature. We hope to see a full attendance of the friends of both parties—Know Noth ings and anti-Know Nothings. The ringing of the bell will be the signal lor assembling. the veriest jack tlie councils of tlie nation. lie may by bis stupidity mettle thomost wholesome laws, overleap the barriers of the Con stitution, oppose, the best measures, ad vocate tlie worst—in short, play the fool at large. No matter; lie is a Know Nothing, and opposed to Catholics, and foreigners, and that is enough for vonr republicanism! Unless Catholics were as often candidates for office as Protes tants, tlie P ope’s dictation could not peril the liberty of the country ; but in five hundred elections, you will not find on an average, one Catholic candidate.— Unless religion were involved in the election, the l’opo’s dictation could not possibly peril our religious liberty ; but as we have said, if the Constitution he not disregarded, religion can never be involved in any election. Your Order have the honor of mixing religion with politics, for the first time in the history of the country, right in the teeth of the Constitution; and now if the Pope’s pow er perils your religions liberty, blame yourselves for it, and not the l’ope.— Thus you see, under the most extrava gant admissions, your principles are wrong. Your practices are worse, as we have already shown in part, and as we now proceed to show more cleat lv. The most shocking feature of your Order, is its numerous and profane oaths. U pon this head 1 shall take your published ritual as true. Nothing more easy than to prove it true in substance, from your conduct and admissions. Thus, when you charge a member who exposes vonr proceedings with perjury, you admit that he was sworn. When you vote in a solid body, you show that there is a solemn obligation among you to vote alike. When no member will tell who are his fellows, yon show that all are bonud to keep that matter secret. When you admit tlie obligation of the 3d de gree, you admit there are two degrees.— When you expose the one, and suppress the two, you admit that the last will not hear the light as well as the first, &.c.— have not time or space to extend this reasoning. Lately you have agreed to acknowledge vonr membership; but it was not so originally ; not so when most, if not all of you, joined the delectable fraternity. Yon observed (speaking figuratively) • closed door with a sign over it: “ Oppo sition to Catholics and Foreigners Man- Jacturcd within." What sort of opposi tion, how and by whom conducted, on what conditions, at what expense of time and money; how yon were to be worked in factory, what the moral char acter of your co-workcrs, licw healthful or pestilential the business, were matters of not the least concern to you. You liked the sign, and that was all-sufficient for yon. You knocked, and the door was opened hy a man who demanded an oath of you, and yon took it. It was an oath of secrecy, and not very repub lican, but you took it. Yon advanced to the council-chamber, and there, in tlie presence of many, you took another oath more stringent than the first. In this you swore,among other things, that you would “respond to the claim of a sign or cry of the Order unless it be physically impos sible.” Mark that word “cry.” If in the pulpit, or at a dying bed ; when you hear it, you must drop your holy servi ces and obey it. Obey it, for what 1— Why to fight for the brother, if need be, of course i After taking the oath, you were turn- •d over to the instructor hi grips, and in the world more sacred than an oath ?” Read him. I have extended this ar ticle too far, t; allow of further quota tions from him. My comments upon these oaths, I re serve for my address to the Church at large. For the present, I have only to say, that whatsoever may he found ob jectionable in them, you will be pleased remember applies to you with double force. And now, brethren, have I or Mr. Wesley hit upon one good reason why you should not have joined the Know Know Nothing ? If either of ns have, then 1 beseech you to come from among them. If we have not, yet there is an other in reserve, which, if it does not prevail, will show or prove to my satis faction at least—that if an angel from heaven were to denounce your Order, you would cleave to it still. The last appeal to you is froml’aul: "Be ye not unequally i/okcd with unbe/ierers." This has nothing to do with marriages, save hy implication. Paul was not tip- on that subject at all. The word here rendered "yoked,” “signifies,” says Clarke, “to leave one’s own rank, place, nr order, and go to another.” It is nev er used in tlie llihle to express marriage. How pointed is it to your ease! “ Be vc not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness ? and what concord hath Christ with Belial ? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols, for ye tire the temple of the living God, &c. Wherefore come out from among them, and he ye separate saith the Lord; and touch not the unclean thin and I will receive you, and will he Father unto you, and ye shall be mv sons and daughters, saith the Lord Al mighty.” What do you do with these scriptures ? I do not ask what the Know Nothing laity of otir Church (at least some of them) do with them, for that I know experimentally ; but what do yon ministers of the Gospel do with them? I think I can answer the ques tions for a goodly number of you :— “ Why according to this, we must quit every oath-bound secret society.” Then quit them all, I implore you, if you can perceive no distinction between them. “Let God be true, and every man a liar.” None of them are essential to salvation or good government, 1 am well satisfied. “But Dr. Bond”—the man who did more to inflame the two divisions of our Church against each other than all oth er members put together; who villitied the Southern division, more than any man living ever villified it, (lie from a slave State too; who, as editor of the leading organ of the Church, opened its columns to every thing vituperative from the North, and closed them to everything defensive from the South. “ Dr. Bond” says “ that the Know Nothing Order is no worse than the Order of Tammany.” This is veiy much like Dr. Bond; and very much like the resolution of tho Conference of 1844 which split our Church: So stated, that it may mean one thing or another, as may best suit its father’s purposes. As I understand the Doctor’s notions of the last Order, is it a rebuke to the Know Nothings; as all who have copied his piece, understand it, it is an encouragement to them; anil so. it was doubtless intended to he.— The. question, is submitted to yo with From tl.u South Cumliniun, 29th ult. The Elephant Romeo. The mournful occurrence alluded to in yesterday’s paper, induced us to make some inquiry into the special circum stances of tlie case, when we learned as folic ws: This elephant was landed in New York in lsl(i, was 30 or 40 years old. and belonged to Bailey A Co.’s Menag erie and Circus Company. For nearly nine years Mr. George West had been his keeper, and had him under good con trol. After leaving Camden, on Sunday morning, on his way to Columbia, lie showed an unruly temper, as he had oc casionally done, and it became necessary to use some severity with him to control him. Upon reaching a bridge, a few miles on the road, ho broke a plank and and refused to cross, and upon being pressed, struck a horse a blow which knocked him off the bridge, ripped him open, and killed him. He was led around and made to ford the creek. After cross sing lie strartod up the hill, and was call ed to by hiskeeperand stopped, but a few minutes after he attempted to take a wro ig road, at a fork. The keeper seized him hy one ofhis tusks to turn him, as was iiis custom, and probably struck him, when he became enraged, and struck with his tusks a blow which broke Mr. W cut’s back and instantly killed him. He then threw him up and caught him on his tusks, and kept at it until he was completely mangled—the arms, legs, thighs and bones generally broken, the intestines torn out and the scalp pealed oft. The dogs which usu ally aided in controlling him were set upon him, but his motions were so rapid that all was done before any interior cnee could be made. He then started off, and several inef fectual attempts were made to secure him. Mr. Bailey, the owner, being sat isfied that it would be unsafe to trust him again, and that under the most fa vorable circumstances there would he apprehension and danger from him, with proper regard for his duty to the public, determined to have him put to death.— llifios were procured, and many of the citizens of Camden gave their aid on the occasion. On Sunday afternoon and evening, about one hundred and fifty balls were fired into him without effect. Iiis eyes were shot out as a matter of safety, as he showed a disposition for violence. On Monday morning lie got into a pond, where after an immense number of shots, nearly two hundred more, lie finally yielded and died. ^ I he estimated value of the animal was t>10,000, and the loss a heavy one to tho owner. . Iiis conduct is deserving of high praise, ns lie did not hesitate to make the sacrifice of his private interest to the public safety. We trust a gener- Tlie Xew link Hards. The Hard Democrats of New York held a convention in Syracuse on the22d ult. The fo'lowing icsolutious were introduced by the committee on Resolutions and passed : 1st. Resolved, 1’liat the National democratic party of New York hereby re-ossert their ad herence and devotion t > the principles ot the national democracy and of the constitu tion ; they adhere to, and sustain in theory mud practice, the resolu'ious of the Demo cratic National Conventions of ISIS and 18- 52, as containing the cardinal principles of the democratic parly of the Union ; they re adopt them with hearty good will, believing that time and experience have demonstrated their purity and soundness, and the necessi ty for a strict adhcieure thereto. 2.1. Resolved, That the lessons of the fa thers of democracy teach frugality and econo my in the administration of public affairs, and that we adhere to them as endurin'* ar ticles of democratic faith. 31. Resolved, That we insist, as an firtie e of our creed, upon the well established de mocratic doctrine of .State rights, of a strict construction of the constitution, and the prin ciple of non-intervention upon all domestic State questions; and that tlie peace and quint of the country demand that it should be left to the people of the Territories, as it pertains to the people of the State, to deter mine all local questions, including the sub ject of slavery, to live cnc, that a subject so disturbing in its nature and iulluence may he wholly excluded from the action of the "ov eminent of tlie Union. 4th. Resolved,That the national democra cy is opposed to all secret political societies, and that the first principles of a free govern went demand open and unrestricted discus sion in all matters ot public concern; i! the guarantees »i freedom, of religious ftitli and worship, contained in our Stale and Fe deral constitutions lie ft the foundation of our national liberties aa I prosperity ; that any attempt to abridge the privileges now grant ed to aliens ot becoming citizens and owners of tho soil among us, is to affect their rights to a full ana equal pntieipation in govern mental affairs, as defined by tho constitution, and ought to lie restricted, ns anlagonisiical to the genius of republican institutions—and that we, as democrats, recognize, as eviden ce of fidelity or merit, no distinction of faith or religious creed, believing it is the mission of the democracy to proclaim a:.d maintain die great doctrines ot civil and religious li berty, and to uphold and enforce tlie consti tution in its sublime principles of justice and equity. 5th. Resolved, That wo regard the pro hibitory liquor act passed hy tlie Legislature ot this State at its late session, as not only a violation of the constitution, but also as subversive of personal liberty and the rights ot private property, and ihat its repeal is in our opinion imperatively demanded. 6th. Resolved, Thatall who agree in prin ciple upon the leading principles of the. day shoal 1 act together, regardless of minor con siderations ; taat we cordialy invite all who agree with us in the doctrines here enumerat ed, regardless of former associations, to unite with us in engrafti ig them upon the po- licj' of the country ; but it is upon principle alone that we invite a union. We denounce al! coalitions of those holding hostilo senti ments as unprincipled and demoralizing. Tue uDove sentiments, particularly the 3d and 1th resolutions, will find a responsive throb in the heart of every true national de mocrat, north or south ; and the following stronger against them every flay. It is the of the day, goes to the ballot box in Athens, act of a drowning man. Members were and depositing a vote for C. Peeples, says to withdrawing by scores every day. Outside himself, “well, now, we shall have the retail “sympathizers” were becoming disgusted groggeries stopped, for 1 have hoard Mr. with the profanity, tyranny, duplicity and Peeples, in the Temperance Convention in flummery of the Order, and in order to save 1854, know his vote in the Town Council themselves, the cunning leaders, who have °n this queslio t, in fact lie is as good a Pro- deluded the people into this iniquity, as a hibitionist as Overby.” Mr. Prim goes last resort, have pretended to throw off and home, and feeds that he has voted on princi repudiate the oaths by which they are as pic- Didn’t he and the other Prohibitionists much bound now, (hy the divine and inoral ca ll a meeting at Watktusville, Court week! law,) as they were before. The effect of this Certainly. Did they put up any candidate ? will be, to sink them to a still greater depth I No! for didn’t Prim and associates know the of shame. The party who expresses its dis- plastic K. N. candidate for Senator and his gust at the “ wild hunt after offiee,” is the antecedents! Let him say a word or so to the one which is now disgusting the world by “unterrified,” he knows how to manage its.frenzied chase after the loaves and fishes. I things, “ in a sly way.” Havn’t the Pro- \Ye really pity Judge Andrews in this I hibitionist* of Clarke county, got backbone* matter. The order has committed him to its Certainly they have, but Prim winks one secrecy, oaths, grips, &c., and he is now tra- I e y e » * or l ,e also, knows “a sly wav- veiling over tlie State defending them, while D ,e, » there is Torn Jones, a jolly good citi- the very men who put him out, are repudia- ze " and neighbor, but who likes a drink when ting them. They should at least have re-1 inclined that way; he steps up and hands in snected his feelings, so far as to inform him a vote for Peeples. Says he, boys stand by of their intentions a short time before-hand* our principles, for let those anti-Know No- Ina recent speech in Augusta, he justified I things talk as they will, 1 heard Mr. Peeples them, upon the ground that they arc a eheei; * n * ,ls S P PPC ’* at Watkins villa, since he was to a man’s vote, just as a drunkard's- and a ®attdidate, the other day, say he was oppos gambler’s oath is a cheek to them. Our | ed to any legislation upon the liquor question. sprightly cotemporary of the Federal Union, Bi " Smith, the Grocery keeper, says that is says the Judge means to say, in other words, e,10tr ?h for hi nt; and so Jones & Smith that Americans have become so degraded, so "° °ff locked arms, shouting hurrah for Pco- debased, in his eyes, that they must bind an * ^ rco ret ail groceries, for they con- themselves by an awful oath, to vote as the scicntiouil y i,f! ' ieve »»ave voted on will of the majority dictate,-their own will I P r,nc, P l0 ’ a,,(1 lhat ?he coarse ol C - ~~~ , d painted red, and he sees blood on the shoe- maker’s awl. Peeples will save him. Our country Iras millions of acres—enough to last 6,000 years; but Peeples will drive back the poor of this toorld, to let them still starve and be oppressed in Europe. Cfiir Fathers have but just landed on the soil of the, New World. Tney hive a “home for the brave," and Pro vidence lias blessed us: Where is the true American heart that will crush and denounce the liberty-Ii Ving emigrant, and his wife and little children, who, though poor, are yet like us, made in the image of God ? ; Yet, from the public speeches and protes. tations of Mr. Peeples, you would suppose certainly old Smith, so violent against all foreigners, will surely be represented fully by Iiis acts at Milledgeville. But stop, a quiet word here. This K.N. candidate in |>is ‘/n/eror/ia/.iniertcanfeeling’ tells a naturalized citizen of Athens, that if lie cannot vote fur him for Legislative, ho can for Judicial officers. The Philadelphia platform, intend-' eJ for the public, don’t so read, hut Mr. Pee ples is a “commander,” U re, and that voto will be much need d in October. Isn’t lie desirous to be considered the foreigncrV friend, when he has a vote 1 Mr. P. g >estfor Cuba, and as they must have some rights,- let old Smith in his fright think of those for-- eign-born 400,000 Justices of the Peace. People of Clarke, who will be deceived, the frightened old Smith, or the 400,000 for eigners, that this K. N. will have holding Judicial offices? Wc road that Joseph had a coat of many yihrs. Can it equal tlie many opposite princi ples which certain voters think will be certain ly represented by this sclf-announ6e<l “ com mander of a battalion of Sam’s.” Voters of Clarke conmty, who oi you, looking at his whole political course, feel that your doc trine is the plank he stauds upon, or rather will continue upon ? Do you want to be seesawed in that way!—or do you wish a man whom you know where to find, his principle* fixed, tlie same in 1855 and 1854—the same as a citizen, as when acandidate for the pop ular suffrage. being untrustworthy and unsafe, refer to this subject again. We shall .Yot Suited to tlie Popular Mind.” •Such was the honest confession of a Know- Nothing Journal, about * Sam' after the Ala bama election. Such is the verdict upon this National Secret Order, hy the Southern elections. Sam’s Councils in Georgia, arc giving it]) their charters, even before the election, thus virtually acknowledging that their organization as received from Freesoil Barker, is not adapted to Georgia. Northern K. N’s say plainly and fully that North of Esq., iu the Legislature, will not be contrary to wh it they heard from his own lips.. Voters of (fiarke county, look plainly upon this question. A gentleman asks to repre sent you in the Legislature. Is lie not, from the di Front people w to sunp >rt him, plaoej like a man astr iJ lie a fence, Prohibition swinging on to one leg on one side, ar J anti- Prohibition holding on to the other. When the question co nes upin tho next Legislature w licit wiy does he jump? Can you both be represented. Let the Republican Whigs and Democracy rally to the support of Dr. E. S, Btu.ups, Mason ar.d Dixon line, they are freesoil and I ' v ' 10 ^ la3 *th feet upon one platform. H i abolition; Where then is the boasted Nation- l*k es sne *nen live temperately, hut he will il party ? The voice of the people have con- n,,t 'nuke himself ctaiy about the liquor other derailed the Secret Sam. people drink. He oelieves that some legis- Tliey have declared that in a free Repub- ^ at * on ^ ue t0 good upright men, that they lie, with a press unfettered, and people free ! fiave some rights, and that laws are not t6 be to meet and act on their wishes, such secret associations arc uncalled for. dangerous tc the existence of government, and especial ly an order which depends for its life blood enacted, leiving out their rights, because the vicious or unfortunate may turn tins or that to bad account. Here comes another voter, his name is upon the dangerous Anti-American doctrines registered as .Inunadab Slick. He has an of Religious Intolerance and prnscrip'ion. idea that true Christian'ty is only exprssed Shall Georgia f ill backwards into the deadly hy singing Psalms through the nose like the embrace of this federal freesoil serpent of Now England Puritans, and that Pope Pia* Stra, whose bruised IbrniJJis now wriggling IX will stop this privilege soon; he lias back into its original Northern abolition heard C. Peeples, Esq., declare that Kama, caverns ? People of Georgia do you wish to is not tho paramount question, but that the take your stand hy tlie Know-Nothing Lo- i Catholics and Foreigners, are the only ones gisnture of Missachusettes, which placed now at issue. He has heard his abuse and rochildrcnin the same school with whitest I terrible denunciations against one religion, and of New York, where 12,000 negro voters the Catholic. So Aminadab votes for Pee- crying aloud with Francis Cone, “ Ameri- pies. Aminadab believes he has voted for cans shall rule America,” tell the white mar, his principles, for he believes the religious because ho is an honest immigrant, stand pioscriptivc feature of Know Nothingisio back I and when these same negro Ameri- its principal and best part, and ihat they cans shall say to- a Grandson of Chas. Car- after .all their Protestant pretensions, will put roll—because he is a Catholic, you shall hold up no one unless "strictly Evangelical." no office, for we Sam, and Sambo will protect, Then comes Jack Dus halt ami bands a Protestant America ! We know that Geur- vote for Peeples. Jack has never troubled gia will in October, put herself in line by himself much about different forms ofwor- the side of the triumphant elections of V:r j ship, and don’t care whether tlie Catholic The Last Prop Gone! The New Jersey and New York delegi. '•ions in the Philadelphia Convention, were the only Nor hern States (aside from Cali fornia) which supported that Grand National Platform, drawn up by Father Cone, and sent out to the w irld as a balm for all our national ills, and a quietus to the slavery agitation.— New Je.'sey, by her State Coun il, has re- pod a ed the twelfth article, ir slavery clause ol" tlie platform, and tlte mails ha vejust brought intelligence'of a similar act on the part of the New r York State Convention. Thus the last prop has been knocked front under them, and they are now Itfft without a peg to hanga hope upon. Alas, poorYorick! Read tho following: “ The Know Nothing Convention of New York.—This convention which lias been in session for the past three days at Jiqghamton, adjourned sine die on Thursday, it appears it did n.fl adopt the national plat form; but instead of doing so, lias-adopted and published one of its own, which is offi cially published in the New York Express. The following is the part relative to slavery: Resolved- That the national adini istration by iis general course of official conduc , with an attempt to destroy the repose, harmauy and fraternal relation of the country in th« repeal of the Missouri C onpremise and tho encouragement ol" aggressions upon the go- vern.nent of the territorial inhabitants of Kansas, deserves an should receive, the uiled c' (l -muation of the Americau pec- l.-, ami ,li it the-institution of slavery should rive no extension from such repeal. Resolved, That iu tnc organization of the American Order, the institution of involunta ry servitude was, and now i.;, reg rdeil a* local and not national iu its character, a sub ject for the toleration of a difference of opin ion hy the citizens of the Northern ard Southern States, and as such, has no right ful place in the platform of the National American party. They also resolved to bold a Natioul Convention at Cleveland on the 21st No vember.” ginia, Nortli-Caroliua, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas. amendment, which was adopt >d, speaks in unmistakable language the sentiment of the northern national de uocracy upon the “para mount question of the day “1'hul the Kansas-Si braska bill be approved, and ail efforts to reslor: the Missouri Compro mise he discountenanced." It is to bo regretted that a disposition was manifested on the part ot a few of the mem bers ol the convention to keep up the old feud between that wing of the pirty and the national administration. President Pierce has done all that any conservative national man or tlie South could ask. His policy throughout has been national, and instead of shaping that policy to the detriment or ad vantage ofany particular section, ho has been tho ruler of the whole country—knowing no North, no South, no East, no VVflst. What, then, is to bo gained hy this continued war fare upon him by this handful of discon tents. That they do riot represent the feel ings of tho great body of haid democrats is o»« public will amply mmmernte b"m im "“"“T 4 ^ T'l”*. "VT the proper spirit shown on tho occasion. Lotthom ihoo hoy tho hatdmt. Wc passed a short time yesterday in exaraiug the collection of animals and witnessing the exercises, and are pleased to say, that they seem quite deserving of the patronage of the citizens. ^ We publish elsewhere late news from sequiseS' of Judge Shaver, who recenly died at Great Salt Lake City. The ravages of the grass-hoppers had for the third time destroyed tho crops, the sup ply of seed had nearly tailed, and star vation or removal seems to be the only alternative open to the Latter Day Saints. and unite with their democratic brethren throughout the union iu sustaining the pre sent patriotic national administration in its efforts to preserve intact that sacred charier of our liberties—the constitution—and pre serving inviolate its guarantees. Planters Club of Hancock County. We have received from the Secretary, Mr. Titos. C. Audits, the Premium list, and Re gulations, of the anmsal fair, of this club, which will be held in Sparta, on the 25th 26th,and 27th day9 of October 1855. The an nual address will be delivered by tlie Hon A. H. Stephens, on Friday the 26lh.. First Calc of Democratic Anti-Know NcIIur? Cotton. Mr. M. M. Shk.vts, of this county, brought to Athens the first bale of new cotton this year, last Saturday, and sold it to J. R. & L. C. Matthews, at 10] cents. He calls it De mocratic Anti-Know Nothing Cotton, in which there is more good sense than fancy. The growers of the great Southern staple, have shown by their votes in die South that they consider tlie doctrines and tendencies of the so-called“Anierican”party pregnant with danger to themselves and subversive of the rights,interests and institutions of the South; they have planted thomselves upon the consti tution, in opposition to this newparty, know- crosses himself with holy water, or the Pro testant lets it alone. It is true lie heard some flourishes in his speech about St. Barthole mew’s massacre, and that, as said Breeken- ridge, a day of settlement was coming, but Jack bolicvi-s, and vve will do the justice t- say that wc think he is right, that Mr. Pee ples is not really going to interfere with any body's religion. Tnc anti Catholic furor seems to be " popular—Know Xoiiiingisni says down on thorn, and of course a “com mander” of Sam’s must ride on the wave or not go to .Milledgeville. Now Aminadab goes for putting under civil disabilities, and real persecution those differing, as Catholics do, from his religion. Jack don’t want this. Which of the two will have their principles represented by the election of this K. X ?— Aminadab has gone into the Lo !ge, and sworn on a Bible, with Peeples never to vote uig that their only hone of remaining in the, _ , , . . _ ® , , • • , • jar a Catholic, and remove such when in office. union and at tlie same time preserving their . , . .... rights, lies in tho National Deni'icratic or^ ganization. Let the cotton planteis of Geor gia anil the South remember this fact when they’ go to the polls. After writing tho above, we were informed that Mr. John F. Diggers, of Oglethorpe, Jack will not swear to obey anybody, but he has been caught by the name American par ty, and he re.ids their -public principles at Macon, utterly disclaiming any religious test. Fellow-citizens of Clarke, lot us relieve iso brought a bale of new cotton (425 lbs.) Mr - P. of tho dilemma ot sacrificing either of oil the same day, about two huurs before M 1 ' 3 0 PP 08 ito triend9. We can sustain Dr. Mr. S’s arrived, but was nqt sold before his; Billups, who has not gone with Aminadab so it is a draw game between the two- gentle- j an ^ *'' 9 secret sworn persecution of one re- men. Tho only manuer in which tlie contest I ligion, hut one who stands by the Constitu- can be decided is lor them to try it again | ?' on °f United States and the State of next year; Mr. B. sold his cotton to Messrs j Georgia, and believes in it heart and soul Grady & Nickloson at 11 cents. He is also “that no religious test shall be required for a democrat of the old school, and both havu been long subscribers to the Banner, and pay up promptly. Coulu thoy desire a better recommendation ? Curiosities of Literature. D’lsrneUin his nextedition of the “Curiosi ties of Literature” will want the original let ter of Judge Andrews, accepting the nomina tion, before it was corrected and arranged by a Milledgeville editor: He will endeavourto make fun of the sovereign states by pub lishing both. 1st, Specimen of Georgia Literature, by a Know-Nothing, 2nd, Same- document as corrected by a Know-less (Knowles.) As Georgians have some state pride yet, don't let thia “furrinor” get hold of both doc uments. The old Judge is a good meaning man, and gentleman, so spar® him by reason ef his “ infirmity of voice.” any office.” Who goes for tho great Ameri can idea of civil aud religious liberty, not for one sect alone, but for all. Upon thia we have become a great geople; and if we livo now by it, and the doctrine “ principles not meu,” we will continue to advance Again, there is old Mr. Smith, who is get ting a little shaky in his mind, and very nervous. He saw the other day,pass.by his plantation, a little Italian with plaster of Paris figures for sale; besides he knows that there is a shoemaker in Athens, who was born in Ireland. Old Smith is frightened Peeples told him of so many foreigners, that he cannot sleep in safety. It is true that his son John, took the Census returns and showed him that in Georgia there is np more than one foreign-born to every one hun dred and forty native Americans. That this one is identified to us by his. wife and chil dren born among us; but no—jpld Smith is afraid. He saw one of them plaster figures Kcc? it before tlie People. That C. Peeples, Esq. the Know Nothing candidate for Senate-in Clark countv, was understood as a Prohibitionist down to a recent period, since’which lime, although fre quently called upon to define his position on that subject, we do not think the people know certainly, where he is. Keep it before the People, That C. Pt - pies Esq., stated to a naturalized citizen of Athens, that although Know-Nothings could not vote for tlie foreign born for legislative, yet they could for Judicial officers. Wonder if the “W.ld hunt for office” got that vote ? Keep it before the people.—that C. Peeples Esq : is a member of a secret political asso ciation sworn not to vote for a Catholic or foreigner, and yet this same Mr. Peeples goes for Cuba, and 400,000 Catholieiand 400,- 000 foreigners. Let the people remember this K. X. poli* tician—with his 400,000 foreign Judicial officers, and Iiis 400,000foreign Justices of the Peace. Keep it before the People, That Mr. Lovrr, one of the Know Nothing candidates forth* House in Clark county, was in tho Atlanta Prohibition Convention which nominal Mr. Overby,, and we understand, voted l® 1 him. Keep it befbre the People, That the ssnra Mr. Lowe was in tlte Macon Know Nothing Convention which nominated Judge An drews, and, we understand, voted foe bint- in the Banner of August 23, there appeared the statement bel->w: "Keep it before the People, That tlie same Mr. Lowe says that he occupies the sam* position that his father does; and that his father is an avowed Ovcrb), Prohibit!* 0 tnan.” In a conversation with Mr. Lowe, on th* evening of the 23d, he stated that this ®’ s ‘ represented his position, that for six month* he had differed from his father on thisq'i**’ tion, and that lie (the candidate) was ®P* posed to legislation on the liquor question-^ We stated our perfect willingness:to do-? r ’ Lowe justice, that we wished not to pi*** him in a false position, and if he would j°* state where he now was* we would pah 15 it. He then said he wou-d write w c the next morning,defining-his position, sine* which, we have heard net a word fr° m That be has been a Prohibition man, J most extreme hind, he willuot oeitaiiily What position as- a candidate ho nose pumes rests-with him. affray occurred in Madison on last Saturday, in which 2 Mr. Yabcy seriously injured, by Wm» Pooa. . .